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AMUSEMENT, INSTRUCTION, AND PROFIT. 


offering this little book to the public, it is our aim 
to show the extreme simplicity of the art of pho¬ 
tography when followed in connection with the 
improved cameras and gelatine dry plates, and to 
describe a few of our leading styles of cameras, 
outfits, and accessories. 

It is not within our province to enumerate here 
the thousand and one varieties of appliances, 
materials, and chemicals which are included in the 
stock of a Photography Supply House, the greater 
part of which are used only by professional pho¬ 
tographers for gallery work, largely for old style apparatus, and are entirely 
unnecessary to the successful pursuit of that branch of the art to which we 
especially cater—Photography at Home. 

We can, however, supply anything and everything that may be desired in 
photography goods, and if you do not find what you want, please ask for it. 

Wc make no cry of “ fraud ” or “ beware,” as do some of our competitors, 
for though we know that there arc some outfits on the market that are hardly as 
practical as those who offer them for sale seem to think, wc believe that our line 
of trade is one that has not as yet been invaded by fraudulent concerns and 
catch-penny schemes. 

We warrant all our goods in every way, and anything not satisfactory may 
be at once returned and will be taken back or exchanged. 

Our prices will be found to be very low —lower than the lowest, as we offer 
our goods direct to the consumer, though they may be procured of our agents at 
the same prices. 

The greatly increasing demand for photography goods has thus far justified 
us in our belief that it is to our best interest to adhere to the policy of large sales 
and small individual profits; and, soliciting a continuance of the patronage 
accorded us in the past, we subscribe ourselves, 

Respectfully, 

THE BOSTON CAMERA CO. 

S. N. Turner, 

General Manager. 



Copyright, 1889, by the Boston Camera Co. 












HOW I BECAME AN ARTIST. 


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HY don’t you try Amateur Photography?” 

I had just returned from a ten days’ walking- 
trip up the beautiful Delaware River Valley. 
It had been a glorious outing, for I had wandered 
at my own sweet will, careless of everything but 
the passing hour. I had not set out to reach any 
particular place. I had no definite end to accom¬ 
plish. Perhaps that was the reason I enjoyed it 
so much. It was the old savage nomadic spirit 
of some far-away ancestor that had cropped out 
and for the moment crowded conventionality away. Even now as I sat in my 
humdrum office, the indistinguishable murmur of the woods was sounding in my 
ears, and I seemed to be looking again on Old Tammany, clad in his russet 
glories, with the silent river far below, and over all the misty blue of a September 
day. But how describe it to my friend ? Had I been an artist, my sketchbook 
might have shown a little of what I could not tell. But the old saying, “ poeta 
nascitur,non fit,” was never more strikingly exemplified than in my case. All 
f the drawing-masters in the world could not have made an artist out of me. 
Diligent practice might have turned me out a tolerable draughtsman, but the 
smell of the oil would have clung to me still. I had an instinctive appreciation 
of the true and beautiful; it was not my eye that was at fault but my hand that 
refused to do its part. Now, my friend is an artist on the staff of the World 
newspaper. Had he taken my trip he would have shown me a lot of pictures and 
had them to tell the story. But I never knew before how he produced them. 
Frankly, I envy him and he knows it. 

He pulled at his long mustache and smiled as I concluded the account of my 
week’s tramp with a vehement ejaculation of disgust at my inability to do justice 
to what I was trying to describe, and then said, in the opening words of this 
article: “Why don’t you try amateur photography ?” 

“ Photography,” I echoed in surprise, while visions of infantile monstrosities 
in all stages of impossible attitudes, and numberless young ladies in sentimental 
poses against rustic arbor backgrounds, rose before me. “ Surely you don’t mean 
to say that the bad smells and dark rooms and business-like bustle of the ordinary 
photographic gallery can have anything to do with art. I have always thought 
that a photographer was an artist, on the same principle that a barber was a 
professor.” 

“ That remark merely indicates your ignorance of the subject,” said he. “ Let 





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HOW I BECAME AN ARTIST. 


me tell you there is something more in photography than merely touching a spring 
or taking off a cap.” 

“ But,” I objected, “ you don’t expect me to carry around a photograph 
gallery on my back, do you? I only want amusement.” 

“ Not so many years ago it would have been hard to answer your objection,” 
said my friend; “ but now you may take your whole outfit in one hand. The 
invention of the dry plate dispenses with three quarters of the work necessary by 
the old process and enables the amateur to do at once wliat required months, if 
not years, of study and apprenticeship under the old system. In every way too 
the results are superior and the dry process has come into almost universal use. 
You can now go out for a stroll with your portable camera in your hand and 
bring back your box of negatives, to be developed at your leisure. Negatives 
have been taken in the interior of Africa, transported thousands of miles, and the 
finished pictures made from them months afterwards.” 

“ Certainly,” said I, “ this could not be possible by the ordinary process.” 

“ No,” he answered, “ but it is now, owing to the discovery of the sensitive 
gelatine film. This invention has been practically utilized in the introduction of 
plates prepared with such a coating. They are called dry plates, to distinguish 
them from plates which must pass through the silver bath and be used wet. 
The poisonous chemicals of the old process, which soiled the clothing and 
stained the fingers, and the dusty, burdensome, complicated camera are tilings of 
the past. They are antiquities now, along with tallow-candles and spinning- 
wheels. A great advantage of the gelatine plate, and one which makes instanta¬ 
neous photography possible, is the rapidity with which the exposure can be made. 
Vessels under full sail, horses speeding round a racecourse, and even a crowded 
street and a railway-train under headway are caught by this wonderful film as 
fully and accurately as though all motion had been instantly suspended. It is an 
interesting illustration of the rapidity with which light moves, to watch the taking 
of an instantaneous picture. It is almost impossible to see the shutter of the camera 
move, and yet in that almost inconceivably short space of time the impression of 
the object to be photographed has been received and transferred to the sensitized 
plate.” 

“But I have always understood that photographic outfits were very costly.” 

“ They were until recently ; but now, owing principally to the invention of the 
dry plates, the cost has been greatly reduced. All that you need for taking views 
is a camera, lens, and tripod, dry plates and holder. You can now procure from 
a Boston concern, from which I ordered mine, —the Boston Camera Company,— 
a complete equipment, including chemicals for developing and finishing, plates 
and materials; the whole outfit for a ten-dollar bill. The best part of it is that 
you are ready to begin work with this outfit within ten minutes after taking it 
from the express-office. The Expert Camera, the kind I refer to, is of the best 


HOW I BECAME AN ARTIST. 


3 


workmanship and finish; has a good lens, giving a sharp picture the full size of 
the plate. The detachable tripod accompanying it is strong and light and when 
folded takes up very little space.” 

“But is not the taking of a picture a very complicated process ?” I asked. 
“ Men like myself have no time to devote to learning a trade for amusement only.” 

“ Let me describe the process,” said my friend, “ and you can judge for your¬ 
self. The camera must be set up on the tripod, with the glass focusing-screen in 
position, the lens pointed at the view or object to be taken. Throw a cloth over 
the head, and the picture will be seen on the glass screen, the camera-back being 
pulled out until in focus— that is, the point where the view is seen the clearest 
and sharpest. The focusing-screen is then removed, and the plate-holder (in 
which the plates have been inserted in the dark room) is set in its place. The 
slide is then pulled out of the plate-holder, and the cap removed from the lens 
for a few seconds, causing the plate to receive the impression of the view at 
which the camera is pointed. Having thus exposed the plate, it is ready to 
develop, which is done by the application of the chemicals in a dark room, taking 
but a few minutes to accomplish, and after drying, the plate has become a finished 
negative, from which any number of pictures may be printed and finished. To 
print the pictures, all that is required is to place the negative on a piece of sensi¬ 
tized paper in the sunlight—the rays of the sun causing to appear on the paper 
the exact reproduction of that which was seen on the focusing-screen preparatory 
to exposing the plate. 

“ Now, don’t you think it might be worth your while to give it a trial?” con¬ 
cluded the World artist, as he rose to go. 

“ Yes, I do,” said I, heartily; “ and that as soon as the mail can take an order 
for an outfit and the express company can bring it back.” 

At the end of a week I was the possessor of an “ Expert,” and had joined the 
ranks of the army of amateur photographers. In two days I had a practical 
insight into the art, and in a few weeks I was an adept. 

There was one annoyance, a fruitful one to young beginners, that I was spared — 
I mean failure to properly mix my chemicals. With my outfit was included a 
ready mixed developing solution, and all that I had to do was to use it according 
to the directions. It saved the trouble of weighing out and mixing the different 
"chemicals, and the danger of spoiling, at the last moment, negatives worthy of a 
better fate. 

I have been taking photographs now for two months, and the camera has been 
almost an inseparable companion. No one knows until he once tries it what a 
fascination amateur photography has over one, and it is rapidly winning its way 
into the favor of everybody. Unlike other amusements, one feels that he has 
really accomplished something, and can point to his album of finished pictures as 
evidence of the fact. Once having tried it, one will be surprised at the many 


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DIRECTIONS. 


uses to which you may apply it. The likeness of a favorite horse or dog may be 
preserved, or a pleasant memento of a garden-party secured by an instant’s ad¬ 
justment of the camera. A favorite view from a neighboring hill, a picture of 
the old sweep-bucket well, a woodland corner, are among the thousand and one 
things that one would never think o applying to a photograph gallery for, and 
yet would be very glad to have. My own portfolio, with which I amuse and 
delight my friends, is one of my greatest treasures. Any one may succeed at this 
delightful work, with a very little time and patience, and the expenditure of a 
ten-dollar bill. It is the cheapest amusement I ever had. 

Not only this, but I have got back more than the cost of my outfit by selling 
prints from many of the negatives I have made, without really making any effort 
to realize on my investment, and I know that, were I at liberty to follow my 
inclinations, it would pay me handsomely to travel about with my outfit, taking 
orders for photographs, which everybody is glad to have, and which cost very 
little to make and sell for good prices.—A. Y. Weekly World, June 6,1886. 



HOW TO OPERATE THE CAMERA 
AND PRODUCE THE PICTURE. 
READ CAREFULLY BEFORE 
USING THE CAMERA. 


In compiling these directions it has been our aim to make them as brief as 
would be consistent with a thorough explanation of the process, and we have, 
therefore, written them with especial reference to the use of our ready mixed 
developing and toning solutions, in which the many different chemicals used in 
these processes are mixed together in exactly the correct proportions and in 
concentrated form. We are thus enabled to dispense with the many lengthy 
formulas which only tend to make the process unintelligible to the beginner, and 
with only a few pages to cover the whole ground. These solutions are very 
carefully prepared, ready for use, and are recommended as being the easiest for 
the amateur to handle and produce the best results. 










DIRECTIONS. 


5 


The Dark Room is used for unpacking the plates, placing them in the plate- 
holder, and for developing them after exposure. Care should be taken to keep 
every ray of white light out of the dark room. A dark room does not mean a 
room with the door closed, and light coming in through the transom or cracks, 
but one absolutely dark. 

A common dark closet with a shelf or stand, a pitcher of fresh water, and a 
basin will be all that is necessary; but first go inside, shut the door, and if, after 
remaining two or three minutes, any signs of light can be seen through the 
cracks around the door or elsewhere, hang a cloth or shawl to cover them. The 
red or orange light is the only light the plates will stand, and can be made by 
cutting an opening in the back of a cigar-box, and pasting a sheet of orange 
paper, such as we send with each camera, over it, and placing a small piece of 
candle inside — care being taken that no light comes out of the box into the room, 
except through the paper. Have a convenient place for everything, and never 
use the same bottle or dish for different purposes. 

INSTRUCTIONS. Having dusted carefully the plate-holder, open the pack¬ 
age of dry plates in the dark room, remembering that any light, except from 
the red lamp, will at once spoil the plate. 

Open the plate-holder by removing the slides, or slides and centre-piece, accord¬ 
ing to the style of holder, and insert two plates in their receptacles, the face or 
prepared side of the plate uppermost; replace the slides, and the holder is ready 
for use. The face of the plate can be readily distinguished from the back, which 
is smooth and glassy. Do not touch the face of the plate with the fingers, and 
dust lightly with a camel’s-hair brush. 

Focusing. Having set up the camera on the tripod and provided yourself 
with a black gossamer or cloth, point the camera at the view you desire to take, 
and draw out the camera-back until the view appears upside down sharply 
defined on the glass screen, placing the cloth over your head and the back of 
camera, that you may see the image more plainly. Take time for focusing, and 
when the view is seen the sharpest upon the glass, fasten the camera-back. Now 
remove the glass screen, and place the plate-holder in the same position the glass 
screen was. Always point the camera from the sun, never towards it. 

Exposure. Success in obtaining a good negative depends largely upon the 
proper exposure, and some care and judgment must be used. It is impossible 
to make any exact rules as to length of exposure, as it depends upon the light 
and the character of the scene to be photographed. The beginner should make a 
record of the length of time he exposes each plate, and will soon gain the expe¬ 
rience, which is the best teacher. For an outdoor scene, with good light and a 
quick plate (small diaphragm in lens), two seconds or less will generally suflice, 
and for an indoor picture, ten to forty seconds. 


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DIRECTIONS. 


Now, everything being ready, and the cap on the end of the lens tube, draw 
out the slide nearest the camera in the plate-holder, taking care not otherwise to 
disturb the adjustment of the holder. 

It will be seen that all that now prevents the light from striking the plate 
through the lens is the cap , which you will now grasp with the thumb and 
finger, and remove entirely out of range of the lens. Count off the seconds, 
replace the cap, and push the slide back in the holder. Reverse the holder and 
expose the other plate in the same way, or on another scene. Be careful not to 
move the camera a particle after getting the right focus, and if you pull the slide 
entirely out of the holder, throw the focusing-cloth at once over the camera-back, 
that no light may enter the slot. 

Development. It is not necessary to develop the plates immediately after 
exposure, as they can be kept any length of time by removing from the holder in 
the dark room and putting them in a perfectly tight box; and as two or three 
plates may be developed in one solution, it is well to have several plates which 
have been exposed as above, in the dark room, before beginning the development. 
Having lighted the red lantern, fasten the door to the room to avoid any dis¬ 
turbance. Take one part of Ready Mixed Developer to ten parts of water in a 
clean scaucer or graduate; mark one of your trays D, for developer, and place in 
it a plate, face up. Now pour the solution of developer, as above, over the plate 
in the tray, taking care to entirely cover it, and rock the pan gently to keep the 
liquid moving over the plate. Now watch closely. The development of a dry 
plate is a process which cannot fail to deeply interest the most careless person, 
as, under the influence of the developer, the outlines of familiar objects appear on 
the plate. 

As regards duration , the image should appear on a properly exposed plate in 
from ten to twenty seconds, and the development should be continued until the 
image appears quite strong and begins to fade from its bright yellow appearance. 
This will occupy but a few moments after the image first appears. Do not check 
the development too soon, as detail will be lost; neither continue it too long, as 
fog and flatness will result. As in exposure, experience will be found the best 
instructor as to duration, and after a few attempts, the amateur will be able to 
judge for himself as to the proper length of time for development. Having com¬ 
pleted the development, the plate should be thoroughly rinsed in clean water. 

Fixing. Mark one of your trays H. for hypo, (hyposulphite of soda), 
and pour in eight ounces of water, in which dissolve about two ounces of hypo. 
Put the plate which has been developed and rinsed in the hypo, solution face 
up, and leave it until the opaque yellowness seen from the back of the 
plate entirely disappears. This will take about five or ten minutes, and the 
plate must then be thoroughly rinsed in clean water and stood on a shelf or 


DIRECTIONS. 


7 


rack to dry. Have the hypo, dissolved beforehand , to save delay. Never 
use heat to hasten drying, which will take several hours. Now, develop the next 
plate by the same process, always pouring the developing solution back into the 
saucer or graduate after using, and putting the plate into tray D, before the 
solution. After fixing , the plate, which has now become a negative, may be 
removed from the dark room, as light will not now affect it; but always be sure 
that any plates which have not been developed, and fixed, are covered up before 
opening the door of dark room. 

Printing. After the negative is thoroughly dry, take a sheet of sensitized 
paper and lay the negative over it on a flat surface in the bright sunlight, the 
face of the plate next the prepared side of the paper, so the rays of the sun will 
strike through the negative, and leave it thus exposed until the paper seen through 
the glass looks quite dark. The printing-frame will greatly facilitate the process 
of printing, the back being hinged so as to admit of lifting one end of the 
print for examination, without disturbing its position in the frame. A satisfac¬ 
tory printing-frame may be made by cutting out a smooth piece of wood the size 
of negative. Split crosswise, hinge the two pieces together, and cover bottom 
with cotton flannel. The negative and paper may be clamped on to the board by 
four clothespins, two of which may be removed to lift up one end of the board 
and print for examination. The time required for printing depends upon the 
character of the negative, a thin, transparent negative printing very quickly, — 
a minute or so, — while one that is very thick or dense may take an hour or 
more. It will be seen that it is the action of the sunlight on the sensitized paper 
which changes its color; hence, the pictures should be placed in a box or drawer 
after printing, until ready to tone. Having made a half-dozen, or more, satis¬ 
factory prints, you can now give your attention to the final process, or 

Toning. First, place the prints face down in a dish of clean water, and let 
them soak about ten minutes, keeping them separated. Meanwhile, pour into a 
porcelain dish, or tray, equal parts of the Ready Mixed Toning Solution and 
water. Place the prints in this solution and let them remain until the reddish- 
brown color disappears and they assume a satisfactory tint, and then put them 
back in clean water for five .minutes more. Now place the prints in a fresh solu¬ 
tion of hypo, not quite so strong as that used for fixing the negatives, 
allowing them to soak about ten minutes, after which they must be soaked again 
in clean water for one or two hours before drying. The greatest care must be 
taken with prints, as well as negatives, to rinse very thoroughly after putting 
in the hypo, solution, as any traces of hypo, remaining on a plate, or pic¬ 
ture, will gradually ruin it. You cannot be too free in the use of clean water , 
which must be renewed every time the dish is used. Should a fresh print 
be placed in water which had been used to wash a print after soaked in hypo, 
it would spoil it. The toning process may be conducted in moderate light. 


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DIRECTIONS. 


Mounting. Add one ounce common starch to three ounces water, dissolve and 
boil. Lay the prints face down on a sheet of glass while damp , apply the paste, 
and mount as desired. 

PORTRAITURE. Indoor portraits are rather more difficult to produce satis¬ 
factorily than outdoor scenes, and require a well-lighted room, considerable care, 
and a longer exposure. The sitter should be placed quite near to the window, 
the light striking well on the face, and a white screen, which may be made by 
hanging a sheet smoothly over a frame or clotheshorse, behind, for a back- 
1 ground. A second screen may be used to good advantage for reflecting and grad¬ 
uating the light. At least twenty to thirty seconds’ exposure will be necessary, 
and if the room is poorly lighted, from that up to several minutes. 

INSTANTANEOUS VIEWS. — In photographing moving objects it will 
be seen that the exposure must be very short, in order that the motion may not 
be appreciable, and as it would be impossible to remove and replace the lens- 
cap quickly enough to take such a view, the employment of the “ drop-shutter” 
becomes necessary. The shutter, being arranged to uncover and cover the lens 
with great rapidity, catches the object in the position occupied when in front of 
the camera, its motion being seemingly stopped. Instantaneous views require 
strong light, and a quicker grade of plate than for ordinary use. The camera 
should be focused on the point where the moving object is to pass, and 
the shutter released instanter when the object crosses that point. Do not try to 
photograph a moving object too near the camera; a fair distance is necessary to 
obtain a satisfactory result. 

TRANSPARENCIES OR POSITIVES ON GLASS.-These are very 
beautiful for window decoration or for lantern-slides, and may be produced in 
several ways, the simplest being by contact printing, as follows: Place a negative 
in the printing-frame, same as for paper printing, and (in the dark room, of course) 
place a fresh plate face down against it and replace the back. Expose by holding 
a few seconds under the rays of a lamp or gas-jet and develop the plate as usual, 
but instead of a negative a positive effect will be produced, or a photograph on 
glass. 

If used for window decoration, frame with a piece of ground glass behind for 
a mat. If for lantern-slides, a piece of clear glass should be placed behind and 
the two fastened together with black paper at the edges. 


GENERAL RE3IARKS. 

The two errors most liable to be made by beginners are over-exposure and 
under-development. When a plate has been exposed too long , the image flashes 


DIRECT TONS. 


9 


quickly into view upon the application of the developer, without any very distinct 
outlines, and fades away almost as quickly as it came, into a smoky haze, while, 
if the exposure has been too short , the image comes up very slowly, with strong 
contrasts between the lights and shadows, but no detail. Should the appearance 
of the plate in developing indicate that it had been wnder-exposed, add a few 
drops more of the undiluted developer to the solution. If over-exposed, add 
quickly two or three drops of saturated solution of Bromide Ammonia, a small 
bottle of which may be kept within reach. 

Though the plate-holder is practically light-tight, it should be kept covered up 
when filled, as an additional protection from the rays of the sun. 

When examining a plate during development, do not keep it out of the 
liquid any longer than necessary. 

Always wash the hands after using hypo, before touching plates or any 
other solution. 

See that all solutions are stoppered tightly, using new stoppers (rubber, if 
possible) after opening bottles, and keep plates in a cool dry place. 

Keep the inside of the camera dusted and use old soft linen to clean the lens. 

Examine the condition of bellows occasionally by capping the lens, removing 
the glass screen, and placing the cloth over your head and camera-back. If any 
leak appears, touch it up with thick, dead black paint. 

If crystallization appears on finished negatives, it is because the hypo was 
not thoroughly washed out. Pictures to be toned should be printed very dark, 
as the toning process bleaches them. 

A “saturated solution” is one consisting of a liquid in which all of the solid 
chemical has been placed that the amount of water will dissolve. 

To obtain the finest possible results in printing, the sensitized paper should 
be fumed a few moments before using. Put the paper to be used in a wooden 
box over a saucer containing a small quantity of strongest ammonia and close the 
box. The paper should be placed so as not to come in direct contact with the 
ammonia. 

Should the plate show any tendency to frilling, — that is, the film peel off from 
edges of the plate, — after fixing immerse it for a few moments in a strong solu¬ 
tion of the alum, which will toughen the film. 


CHTHLOCU6. 

Our world renowned Expert Outfit 


SIZE, 

4x5 


Complete 

for 




The 

Most Popular 
Camera 
ever offered 
for sale. 


In offering our Improved Expert Camera and outfit to the public, we claim 
that we are giving more for the money than has ever been attempted by any 
house in the trade. In the first place we offer not only a first-class camera with 
lens, tripod, plate-holder, and focusing-screen, at as low a price as the cheapest 
styles of this size have ever been sold, but we give with every camera a com¬ 
plete outfit, comprising everything necessary for the entire process of taking 
and finishing a picture. 

Nearly all beginners are misled by advertisements offering “ Camera Outfits” 
for ten, twelve, or fifteen dollars, as the case may be, only to find, after pur¬ 
chasing, that they must make a further investment of from five to ten dollars 
before they can make the first attempt at photography. 

Our Improved Expert outfit consists of a thoroughly well-made 4x5 plate 
camera, suitable for all kinds of work, with lens, focusing-screen, and 
tripod, one double reversible plate-holder, one box of best instanta¬ 
neous dry plates, one box of best sensitized albumen paper, develop¬ 
ing outfit, with the necessary chemicals for developing and fixing the plates 
printing outfit with toning solutions for finishing the pictures, trays for 
the different solutions, and material for dark-room lantern, packed in a strong 
carrying-case. 


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THE EXPERT OUTFIT. 


11 


The Improved Expert Camera, as shown by the engraving, is finely made 
and finished of polished butternut wood , of the latest model, with movable 
front board , brass trimmings, and our new swing lever for holding the back in 
focus. The bellows are of extra length, and will admit of adjustment for a 
portrait within a few feet of the camera or the most distant landscape. The 
lenses are made especially for this camera, are very carefully ground, and will 
give a wonderfully sharp picture, very nearly as good as the expensive double 
lenses. Our patent reversible plate-holder, supplied only with these outfits, 
is so constructed as to bring the length of the plate up and down, when so 
desired, for taking an elevated view, without altering the position of the camera 
on the tripod, answering all purposes of a reversible back. The tripod is of 
the sliding, adjustable pattern, very light and strong and very rigid. Our 
ready mixed developer, supplied with these outfits, is one of the greatest 
boons ever offered to amateurs, saving, as it does, all trouble of weighing out 
and mixing the different chemicals. It is made from the best known formulas, 
in concentrated form, and one bottle will develop several dozen plates. 

We warrant every outfit, and will send one to any address complete, with 
everything described above, on receipt of Ten Dollars. 

Sample photograph made with the Expert outfit will be sent by mail on receipt 
of 6 cents. 


The Improved 5x7 Expert Outfit. 




SIZE. 


The great success of our 4x5 Expert outfit has induced us to manufacture it in 
a larger size of the same general style, to sell at a correspondingly low price; and 
in presenting our new 5x7 Expert, we offer an even greater bargain than in 
the original pattern. The 5x7 plate is now the most popular size for landscape 
and view work and will make full cabinet size photographs as well. No other 
reliable 5x7 camera has ever been offered for a less price, and our new outfit, 
like the 4x5, embraces everything necessary for the complete process. 

The camera, as shown by the engravings below, is thoroughly well made 
of butternut wood, with brass trimmings, handsomely finished, and is very light 
and strong. It has the movable front board and swing lever clamp and the 
folding bed, which is made rigid by a patent device and can never become loose 
or shaky. We desire to call especial attention to our patented reversible plate- 
holders, which constitute an important part of the Expert outfits. By simply 
shifting their position on the camera, the plate is in position for either an upright 
or horizontal view without changing in any way the adjustment of the camera. 



12 


THE EXPERT OUTFIT. 


To make this change rapidly is often very desirable, and these holders admit of 
a quicker adjustment as well as answering all purposes of the Reversible Back , 
which is applied only to much higher-priced cameras. 

The lens is of the same pattern which has given such general satisfaction 
with the 4x5 size, of larger field, and will do first-class work. The bellows are 
of double thickness and capacity for extra long focus, and the tripod , adjustable 
to any height, sliding together for carrying, light and very rigid. 



The Expert 5x7 outfit consists of the camera, with lens, focusing- 
screen, and plate-holder, as described above, sliding adjustable tripod, 
and carrying-case; one box best instantaneous dry plates; one box best 
sensitized albumen paper; developing outfit, with all chemicals necessary 
for developing and fixing the plates; one improved printing-frame; toning 
solutions for finishing the pictures; trays for the different solutions and mate¬ 
rial for dark-room lantern, — everything necessary for the complete process. 
Every outfit icarranted and shipped complete on receipt of $12.50. 

We can supply the 5x7 Expert outfit with two extra matched lenses , extra 
front board and inside partition for Stereoscopic views, for $5 extra, or 
$17.50. The partition may be removed and the front boards shifted for single 
or stereoscopic views, as desired. 

We will send sample view, made with the Expert 5x7 outfit, on receipt of 10 
cents in stamps, or cabinet portrait, mounted, 15 cents. 













































































































THE NEW VICTOR OUTFIT. 


13 


Our New Victor Camera Outfit. 



Our new Victor outfit consists of a light, finely-finished mahogany view 
camera , making 5x7 pictures, with swing: back and rising front movements, 
an extra quality achromatic lens with revolving diaphragm, improved 
Featherweight reversing back and plate-holder combined, carrying-case, and 
extension adjustable tripod. 

The Victor is of the same careful design and workmanship as our regular 
Reversible Back cameras, and is the handsomest and most convenient camera 
ever offered for less than twenty-eight dollars. 

The folding bed is made perfectly rigid by the same movement which clamps 
to it the tripod head, and the back held in focus with our swing lever move¬ 
ment, dispensing with thumbscrews and catches, and 1 educing the time neces¬ 
sary to set up and adjust the camera to a minimum. 

The lens is of superior illuminating power, making clear, distinct pictures, 
and is also adapted to instantaneous views. 

The Featherweight reversible plate-holders are fully described on the next 
page. 

Price of the outfit as described above only Fifteen Dollars; or with com- 

















































14 THE FEATHERWEIGHT PLATE-HOLDER AND REYERSER, 

plete developing, printing and toning outfit for finishing the pictures, same 
as supplied with the Expert 5x7 outfit (see page 11), $18.50. 

Those who desire a little higher grade camera and lens than our Experts, 
without going into the more expensive Reversible Back cameras, will find the 
Victor outfit to be a perfectly satisfactory investment. 

Sample photographs 10 cents in stamps. 


The Improved “Featherweight” Plate-holder 
and Reverser combined. 



This holder is designed to do away with shifting the position of the camera on 
the tripod when it is desired to make a vertical picture. 

The holder may be applied to the camera either way; that is, with the slides at 
the top or at the side, same as a Reversible Back, the only difference being that 
the back and the plate-holder are all in one instead of being separate. It is no 
heavier than an ordinary plate-holder, the additional stock being hollowed out, as 
shown in the illustration. It is adapted to our new Victor camera, and also 
to Expert 5x7 cameras, shipped later than February, 1889. Guaranteed per¬ 
fectly light-tight . 

Price, $1.50 each, with patent erasable memorandum slides. 

































THE HAWK-EYE DETECTIVE CAMERA. 


15 


The Wonderful Hawk-Eye Detective and 
Combination Camera. 



Price,$15. 

The many advantages of the 
Detective type of camera are now 
so well understood that a lengthy 
description of them is unnecessary. 
Extremely light and compact, and in 
appearance resembling a grip-sack 
or sample case, the Detective camera 
may be employed where the use of 
an ordinary apparatus would be 
impracticable, and a portrait or 
view obtained with the knowledge of 
no one save the operator. Always 
ready for use, no time is lost in set¬ 
ting up the camera, and persons or 
objects in motion may be photo¬ 
graphed as perfectly as if stationary. 



The Hawk-Eye 
Detective Camera pos¬ 
sesses more advantages 
and desirable features 
than any other, com¬ 
bined with extreme 
simplicity of construc¬ 
tion and capacity for 
making pictures of the 
utmost excellence, and 
is consequently the best. 

THOMAS STEVENS, 
the renowned traveler, 
who selected a Colum¬ 
bia bicycle and a Smith 


Fig L 


& WESSON revolver, both of which are recognized 
as the standard in their respective lines, when fitting out for his perilous trip 






















































16 


THE HAWK-EYE DETECTIVE CAMERA. 



around the world, chose a Hawk-Eye camera from all others for use on his 
present expedition to Central Africa in search of Stanley and Emin Bey. 

The Hawk-Eye camera is adapted to the requirements of nearly every 
purpose for which the art of photography may be employed. 

It is a Detective Camera. It is a View Camera. It is an Instantaneous 
Camera. It is an Automatic Camera. It is a Magazine Camera. It is an 
All-around camera. 

The method of operating the Hawk-Eye camera will be readily understood 
from the adjoined illustrations. Fig. 1 shows the camera closed ready for use, 
the plate-holders containing the sensitized dry plates 
having been inserted in position. The shutter is set by 
pressing the pin A. 

To take an instantaneous picture the camera is held 
under the arm pointing toward the object to be photo¬ 
graphed, which is shown in miniature upon the finder C. 

A pressure upon the catch H causes the shutter to 
open for a fraction of a second, during which the dry 
plate or film receives the impression of the picture, a 
quick acting lens being located behind the shutter. 

The shutter maybe instantly adjusted to move slowly 
or quickly, according to the strength of the light, or whether the object to be 
photographed be moving or stationary, by means of the speed-adjuster D. Fig. 
2 represents the focusing index, which is graduated for distances from 10 feet to 
100 feet and beyond. To change the focus of the camera it is only necessary to 
turn the thumbscrew F (see Fig. 3) which controls the index. No lens will 
make a clear and distinct picture at any and all distances at a, fixed focus, and 
to focus the Hawk-Eye camera requires about as long as it does to wink. 

AS A VIEW CAMERA. — The Hawk-Eye may be set up on a tripod 
or any convenient resting-place and a time exposure made by simply pressing 
the shutter-pin down to the halfway catch which holds it open, and touching 
the release B to close, obviating the use of a cap over the lens. 

Upon removing the back cover G (see Fig. 3), the view is seen in full size upon 
the ground-glass screen inside, without employing a focusing cloth, and the 
focus adjusted with the screw F same as with a “ rack and pinion.” 

The price of the Hawk-Eye camera with double plate-holder is $15. The 
dry plates may be obtained anywhere, being of a standard size (4x5). The 
operation of developing the plates and finishing the pictures is extremely easy , 
and will be readily understood from the directions sent with each camera. 

Plate-holders for the Hawk-Eye camera are made for either glass or film dry 
plates. In the film plate, weight is reduced to a minimum, a dozen of them 


Fig 2. 


















THE HAWK-EYE DETECTIVE CAMERA. 


weighing but a few ounces, making them especially desirable for travelers’ use. 
They may be shipped by mail or returned for development if desired at a few 
cents’ cost for postage. 



AS AN AUTOMATIC MAGAZINE CAMERA.— The Hawk-Eye 

will be supplied at an extra expense of $10, with an attachment containing a coil 
of sensitized film for taking 100 pictures. The method of operating the camera 
is the same as before described, but instead of filling and unloading plate-holders 
with the separate dry plates, it is only required to wind a fresh portion of the 
coil of film into place for each picture. 

When the one hundred exposures have been made the attachment may be 
slipped out of the camera and sent to the factory to have the pictures developed 
and finished, and a fresh coil of film inserted. 

Photography is thus placed within the reach of all, as one has only to set the 
shutter, turn the key, and press the catch for each of the 100 pictures. 

We will do all the work. We will develop the strip of film and make one 
finished picture from each of the hundred negatives, and return negatives and 
pictures with the attachment reloaded. Duplicate pictures, as many as desired 
from each negative, maybe at any time obtained, at a cost of 6 cents each. 

The film may be developed and the pictures finished by the amateur himself 
(or herself), without sending to the factory, if preferred. We will furnish an 













































































































































18 


THE HAWK-EYE DETECTIVE CAMERA. 


outfit for this purpose, as described in the instruction book. The exposed 
portion of the film may be at any time removed from the attachment in a 
dark room, without waiting until the entire 100 exposures have been made. 

Fig. 4 represents the coil attachment, 
which is inserted in the camera in the 
same manner as a plate-holder. 

It is not required to insert and with¬ 
draw a slide or cover in front of the film 
between each picture, a safety device 
keeping the lens covered while setting the 
shutter, and preventing premature or 
accidental exposure. The slide is used 
only in removing the attachment from 
the camera. 

The price of the Hawk-Eye with coil 
attachment as above ($25) also includes 
a double holder for the regular dry 
plates. Thus with one camera, pictures 

may bo taken with the glass dry plates, the film dry plates, or the 
coil of film, as desired. 

The coil attachments maybe at anytime purchased separately, at the price $10, 
including coil of film, and applied to all Hawk-Eye Cameras shipped from our 
factory later than March 15, 1889, without any fitting. 

The Hawk-Eye Camera is light, compact, and neatly finished, and is not 
liable to get out of order. Each one is carefully tested before leaving the 
factory and guaranteed to be in perfect working order. 

Sample photographs 6 cents in stamps. 



PRICE-LIST. 


The Hawk-Eye Camera, hand-finished case, lacquered trimmings, with one 


Extra plate-holders for glass dry plates, each. 1.00 

Extra plate-holders for film dry plates, each. 1.00 

Glass dry plates, 4x5, per dozen.65 

Film dry plates, per dozen.95 

The Hawk-Eye Camera as above, with Automatic Coil Attachment, containing 

coil of film for 100 pictures, and one double plate-holder.. 25.00 

Additional coils of film or refilling the attachment. 4.00 

Developing and finishing 100 pictures.15.00 

Developing only, 100 negatives.10.00 

Albums for Hawk-Eye photographs, holding 100 pictures, handsomely bound . 2.50 

The Hawk-Eye will be supplied, covered with black grain leather, oxidized 
trimmings, and slides over the finder and lens aperture, when so desired, 
at an extra expense of .. 5.00 

















































































































THE NEW BOSTON REVERSIBLE BACK CAMERAS. 19 

Fhe New Boston Reversible Back Cameras. 



Our new Reversible Back Cameras embody every possible improvement and 
convenience which can suggest itself to an experience gained in the manufac¬ 
ture of the highest grade of photographic apparatus, and are without exception 
the BKST IN THE WORLD. 

They are constructed on the most scientific principles; they have more pat¬ 
ented improvements and ingenious appliances than any others, and for every 
purpose that a portable view camera may be used, are absolutely unequalled. 

A few of the notable points of superiority are the ease and rapidity of adjust¬ 
ment of the reversible back, the construction of the swing back, and the method 
of applying the plate-holders. 

In construction they are of the very finest material awd the wood¬ 

work being of best seasoned mahogany, with French polish, the trimmings of 
brass, hand-finished and lacquered, and the bellows of a new material, which is 
extremely tough though pliable, and will not crack or become leaky, as is often 
the case with the best of rubber. The bed possesses the essential qualities of 
strength and rigidity , with freedom from needless complications. The focus¬ 
ing is accomplished by a fine rack and pinion movement. 

To apply the plate-holder, the ground-glass frame is drawn back sufficiently to 
















































20 


THE NEW BOSTON REVERSIBLE BACK CAMERAS. 


admit of sliding the holder under it, when the 
springs, shown in the illustration, hold it 
firmly in position. 

Extension backs for making a size 
larger picture with the same camera can be 
furnished and applied without any fitting. 

The prices as below include a carrying- 
case, covered, lined, and leather trimmed, 
one Featherweight plate-holder (registering 
slides), extra front-board, and tripod- 
screw. In selecting a complete outfit em¬ 
bracing a Reversible Back Camera, the lens, 
tripod, and chemical outfit desired should be 
added to the price of the camera. 



PRICE-LIST. 


Size 5x7, Single Swing Back .$ 28.00 

» 5x8, „ „ 30.00 

„6£x8£, „ „ 30.00 } 

,, 8x10, ,, ,, 34.00 


Where a Double Swing is desired, it will be supplied at an additional charge 
of $2.00. 


Interchange¬ 
able Backs. 
























































L9NS0S, 



Our Victor 


Single Achromatic Lens. 

These lenses are made from the finest quality of 
glass, are perfectly achromatic, and of superior 
illuminating power. They are adapted to all-around 
use, aud will make excellent instantaneous pictures, 
working very quickly with medium sized aperture. 
They are provided with revolving diaphragm and 
the mounts are handsomely finished. 


No. 

Size of Plate on 
which the lens 
will cut the 
image clearly. 

Diameter of 
Lens. 

Diameter of 
Flange. 

Back Focus. 

Price. 

1 

3ix4| 

l-j in. 

2& in. 

5 in. 

$5.00 

2 

4|x5£ 

u „ 

2i „ 

8 „ 

5.00 

3 

5x8 

H „ 

21 „ 

,, 

6.00 

4 

I 6£x8£ 

n „ 

21 „ 

10 „ 

7.00 

5 

8x10 

n „ 

21 

11 „ 

8.00 


The Popular Darlot Rapid Hemispherical 

View Lenses. 

These are perhaps the most popular with amateurs of any lens on the market, 
their sale having been very large since their first introduction. The prices are 
very low for the class of lens, they are beautifully made and finished, quick 
acting, perfectly rectilinear, and provided with central stops. They will give 
entire satisfaction for all purposes: landscapes , groups , and instantaneous 
vieics, as well as copying engravings and architectural subjects. Embracing 
angles from 60 to 75 degrees. 


No. 

Size of Plate on which 
the lens will cut the 
image fully. 

Diameter 
of Lens. 

Back Focus. 

Price. 

1 

4x 5 

U in. 

5£ in. 

$15.00 

2 

5x8 

U „ 

9 „ 

25.00 

3 

8 x 10 

U „ 

104 „ 

35.00 


21 






























22 


LENSES. 


Darlot Portrait Lenses 

With Rack and Pinion and Central Stops. 


No. 

Size of Plate on which 
the lens will cut the 
image fully. 

Back Focus. 

Price. 

1 

4x5 

4 h in- 

$8.7o 

2 

5x7 


14.50 

3 

5x8 

10 h „ 

17.50 

4 

8x10 

7 „ 

35.50 


Vorgtlander’s Marvelous Euryscope Lenses. 

The “ Rapid Euryscope ” (5th Series). 

These lenses are celebrated for their wonderful illuminating power, speed, 
and fine definition, in which respects they are unequalled by any known lens. 

They are adapted to making landscapes, buildings, and instantaneous views 
of all kinds, as well as portraits, groups, and heads in the studio. They are 
perfectly rectilinear, having great depth of focus and covering power. We 
recommend the Euryscope to all those desiring an extra quality high-grade lens 
to use with our Reversible Back cameras. 


Size. 

Diameter of 
Lens. 

Equivalent 
Focal Length. 

Size of Group 
or Portrait. 

Size of Land¬ 
scape. 

Price. 

No. 

0A 

1 

in. 

6 

in. 

4 x 5 in. 

5x7 in. 

$30.00 

n 

00A 

n 

? i 

H 

!> 

o£x7£ ,, 

7x9 „ 

40.00 

n 

1A 

n 

n 

101 

11 

6£x8£ „ 

8x10 „ 

52.00 

n 

2A 

n 

ii 

13 

11 

8 x 10 „ 

10x12 „ 

64.00 

11 

3A 

2 

ii 

16 

11 

10 x12 „ 

11x14 „ 

80.00 

11 

4A 


ii 

20 

11 

12 x15 „ 

14x17 „ 

110.00 

11 

5A 

3 

ii 

24 

11 

16 x 18 „ 

17x20 „ 

157.00 

11 

6A 

3 h 

ii 

28 

11 

18 x 22 „ 

20x24 „ 

208.00 

11 

7A 

4 

ii 

32 

11 

20 x 24 ,, 

24x30 „ 

240.00 


No. OA can be had in matched pairs of equal focus for Stereoscopic 
work. 





























SHUTTERS. 


23 


The New Gregg Wide Angle Lens. 

For architectural subjects, interiors, and confined situations, embracing 
angles of 90 degrees. Yery rapid, of greatest depth of focus, free from all flare 
and distortion and covering an extra large plate. They may also be used for 
landscape work. 


No. 

Size of Plate covered 
full opening. 

Size covered Avith 
Smallest Stop. 

Back 

Focus. 

Price. 

1 

3|x4i 

44 x 54 

34 in. 

$15.00 

2 

4x5 

64x84 

44 

11 

20.00 

3 

5x7 

8x10 

6 

1J 

25.00 

4 

64 x84 

10x12 

8 

11 

30.00 

5 

8x10 

11x14 

10 

11 

35.00 

6 

10 x 12 

14x17 

12 

11 

40.00 

7 . 

11x14 

16x20 

16 

11 

50.00 


Nos. 1 to 7 fit same flange. 


Shutters. 

For Instantaneous Work. 

Standard Drop Shutter, in two sizes, for small and large lenses. 
Price, $1.50. 

The Low Shutter, Instantaneous and Time 
combined. Operated by rubber tube and bulb. One 
of the best shutters on the market. It is easily 
changed from time to instantaneous exposure by 
simply moving a small lever to one side. It is simple 
in construction, and cannot get out of order. Made 
in all sizes up to 2 1-2 inch opening. Price, $6. 

Prosch’s Celebrated Duplex Shutters, for 
both instantaneous and time exposures. Rotary stops 
and silent time attachments. Prices, $11.50 to $25, 
according to size. 

In ordering shutters separately always specify the name and size of lens for 
which they are desired, and if possible the tube should be sent to have the 
shutter fitted. 














24 


PLATE-HOLDERS. 


Plate-Holders. 


All of our cameras excepting the 4x5 Expert are adapted to use the well- 
known “Featherweight” double plate-holders, the lightest, simplest, and 
most compact holder on the market. They are perfectly light-tight, and pro¬ 
vided with blackboard memorandum slides. 


PRICE-LIST FEATHERWEIGHT HOLDERS. 


Size. Price. 

3£ x 4£...$1.00 

4x5. 1-00 

4£x5£. 1.00 


Size. Price. 

4|x6 h .$1.25 

5x7. 1.25 

5 xS. 1.35 


Size. Price. 

6£xS£ .$1.60 

8x10 . 1.85 


Special Featherweight Holders for film dry plates, extra light, same 
prices as the above. 

Special Featherweight Reversing Holder for Victor and Expert 
5x7 cameras (see page 14), $1.50. 

Expert Holders, 4x5, 90 cents; 5x7, $1.25. 

N. B. The Expert 5x7 holder is adapted only to cameras of this style shipped 
from our factory prior to February, 1889. All Expert 5x7 cameras shipped 
since that date take the special Featherweight Reversing Holder. 

The English Book Holders. These holders still retain their popularity in 
some sections, and our R. B. cameras will be supplied to order adapted to their 
use. They are heavier and more bulky than the Featherweight, opening like a 
book to admit the plates. Prices as follows: — 


Size. 

Price. 

Size. 

Price. 

Size. 

Price. 

3*x4*... 

_$2.15 

5x8. 


10x12. 

.... $8.00 

4x5. 

. 2.25 

6£x8£. 

. 4.00 

11x14. 

.... 9.00 

5x7. 

. 2.75 

8x10. 


14x17. 

.... 12.00 


Inside Kits. 

A Great Convenience, 

These are designed to enable the operator to use 
plates smaller than the size of the holder, fitting 
into the holder like the plate with opening for the 
smaller size. They are of several difierent pat¬ 
terns, according to the style of holder, hence it must be specified in order with 
which style they are to be used. 






































INSIDE KITS.—LANTERNS. 


25 


Size of 
Plate-holders. 

Size of Opening in Kit. 

Price 

4x5 

3^x4^, 3| x 4. . 

$0.25 

4£x5£ 

3£x4£, 3^x4 . 

.25 

4ix6 h 

3jx4|. 

.30 


5x7 

3£x4£, 4x5, 4£x5£. 

.30 

5x8 

3^x4^, 4x5, 4£x5 h, 4£x6£. 

.30 

6£x8£ 

3|x4^, 4x5, 4£ x5i, 4|x6i, 5x7, 5x8. 

.40 

8x10 

3jx4|, 4x5, 4£x5£, 4£ x64, 5x7, 5x8, 6£x8& 

.45 

10x12 

5x7, 5x8, 6ix8i, 8x10 

.75 

11 x!4 

5x7, 5x8, 6£x8£, 8x10 

.90 



The Excelsior Ruby Lantern. 

THE BEST MADE. 

The Excelsior Lantern, as shown by the illustra¬ 
tion, is guaranteed to be perfectly practical and has 
several improvements over all others. The frame 
containing the ruby glass is easily removable, and 
here is space in front for another glass or orange 
paper where it is desirable to decrease the amount of 
light in using extra sensitive plates. It is white 
light proof, free from odor , and perfectly cool at 
base when burning. With the ruby glass with¬ 
drawn its powerful reflector may be utilized in 
making transparencies or lantern-slides. 

Price, $2.75. 


The Improved Pocket Ruby Lantern. 


A thoroughly reliable lantern at a low price, giving abundant light with com¬ 
pactness and safety. Price, $1.25. 


























































26 


TRIPODS. 


Tripods. 



The Expert Extension 
Tripod. 

A strong, convenient tripod, well 
made and smoothly finished, at a 
lower price than any other reliable 
pattern. It may be closed up and 
carried without removing the head. 
Made in two sizes, for 4x5 and 5x7 
Cameras. 

No. I, $1.75. No. 2, $2.00. 


The Perfect Adjustable 
Tripod. 

The latest and best tripod for light 
and medium weight Cameras, com¬ 
bining the strength and rigidity of the 
folding with the convenience of the 
extension pattern. Extremely com¬ 
pact and of finest material and finish. 

PRICE, $4.00. 
















NEGATIVE BOXES. — PRINTING-FKAMES. 


27 



Negative Boxes 

of great value in carrying about plates to change 
in the dark room, saving the trouble of undoing 
and wrapping up packages, and also affording a 
safe and convenient way of storing negatives. 
Very carefully made with perfect joints to pre¬ 
vent the admission of any light. 


Size. 

Si x4£.... 
4x5. 

PRICE-LIST. 

Price. 

4ix64.... 
4*x64.... 
5x7 . 



5x8. 



64 x 84.... 
8x10.... 





Printing-Frames. 

These frames are of very superior quality , manu¬ 
factured from well-seasoned stock, and of the most 
approved design. The springs are riveted, with 
swiveling washers and the ears are sunk flush with 
the top, preventing any projections. The corners 
are rounded off and they are very carefully fitted 
and finished. 


PRICE-LIST 


Size. Price. 

3ix4i .$0.45 

4x5.45 

4£ x 54.45 

4£ x 64.55 

4 x 7, or 4 x 8.55 


No. Size. Price. 

3015 5 x7, or 5x8.$0.60 

3016 64 x 84.65 

3017 8 x 10.75 

3018 10x12 . 1.00 

3019 11x14. 1.75 



































































28 


NEGATIVE DRYING-RACK. — DRY PLATES. 


Negative Drying-Rack. 

A great convenience in drying negatives 
and preventing their scratching. Folding 
for transportation. 

No. 1 for plates up to 8 x 10-$0.50 

2 ,, ,, ,, ,, 14 x 17 • • • .90 


Dry Plates. 

The following are lowest prices for the best Instantaneous Dry Plates of any 
standard make. Where any particular brand of plates is desired it should be so 
stated in the order. We advise that, having obtained satisfactory results with 
one brand of plates, the operator should avoid changing, unless it is desired to 
experiment. 

PRICE-LIST, PER BOX OF ONE DOZEN. 



Size. 

Price. 

34x44. 


4x5. 


44 x 5&. 


44x6 h . 

.90 

5x7. ... 



Size. Price. 

5x8 .$1.25 

6£x8£ . 1.65 

8x10 . 2.40 

10x12. 3.80 


Flexible Film Dry Plates. 

These plates are developed and fixed in precisely the same manner as the glass 
dry plates, their great advantage being extreme lightness and compactness. 
A box of one dozen weighing but a few ounces, they may be shipped by mail at 
a slight additional cost for postage. They may be used in the ordinary plate- 
holders, with film-holder kits, or in the special film plate-holders made expressly 
for them. See page 24. 


PRICE-LIST, PER BOX OF ONE DOZEN. 


Size. 

Price. 

Size. 

3*x4£. 


5x7.. 

4x5. 


5x8.. 

44 x5£. 

. 1.12 

6£ x8£ 

44 x 6£. 


8x10. 


Price. 

$1.65 

1.80 

2.50 

3.60 
























SENSITIZED PAPER. 


29 


Ready Sensitized Albumen Paper 

FOR PRINTING THE PICTURE. 

This paper is of the very finest quality , giving the most brilliant prints and 
any desired tint in toning. It is highly sensitized and may be kept in good con¬ 
dition for many months before using. Carefully packed and protected with 
chemically prepared pads. 

PRICE-LIST. 


Per box of two dozen sheets, 3| x 4| .$0.25 

„ „ ,, ,, ,, 4 x 5 (one dozen, $0.25). 40 

i> n n n 5 x 7 ( ,, ,, .40).70 

n r » n >1 5x8.75 

n n n ii ii 6£ x 8i. .... 1.00 

ii ii ii ii ii 8 x 10. 1.50 

„ single sheet, 18 x 22.35 


Ferro-Prussiate Paper 

FOR BLUE PRINTS. 


In making prints with this paper it is only necessary to print them in the sun¬ 
light and then soak in clear water, no chemicals whatever being employed, but 
instead of the usual color, the pictures are of a rich , dark-blue shade. The parts 
which have turned blue in printing remain so, and the balance is washed away 
in soaking, leaving a permanent blue-and-wliite picture. 

The simplicity of this paper makes it very desirable in striking proofs from 
negatives, and an assortment of views by this process forms a unique and attrac¬ 
tive collection. 


PRICE PER PACKAGE OF TWO DOZEN. 

Size. 

4x5..... 

5x7. 

5x8.. 

6k x 8h . 

8 x 10... 


Price. 
$0.25 
.45 
. .50 

.60 
.80 


Chemical Outfits. 

To those who are purchasing their first Photographic Outfit and are unaware 
just what supplies and accessories to order with their camera, lens, and tripod, 
we would say that a careful perusal of the directions and catalogue will doubtless 

















30 


CHEMICAL OUTFITS. 


supply them with the necessary information, but for the aid of such we offer the 
following suggestions: — 

For developing with our ready mixed solutions all that will be necessary 
besides the dry plates is a bottle of Ready Mixed Developer, two developing 
pans or trays, and a quantity of hypo, for fixing. To these may be added a glass 
graduate, a camel’s-hair brush, a small quantity of bromide ammonium and of 
alum. We do not include the ruby lantern, as many will prefer to construct 
their own dark-room light with the ruby fabric or orange paper. 

For printing and toning will be necessary the sensitized paper, a printing 
board or frame, a bottle of Ready Mixed Toning Solution and hypo. With these 
as well as the developing outfit may be included such additional supplies as will 
suggest themselves to those not unfamiliar with photography, or after reading 
the treatise and the following list of chemicals and sundries. We list for the 
benefit of those who may have become accustomed to the use of other than the 
ready mixed developing and toning solutions, a number of the principal photo¬ 
graphic chemicals: but the amateur will obtain the minimum of difficulty and 
the maximum of success by adhering to the use of the prepared solutions. 

“ Ready Mixed ” Developer. Produces finest effects and printing qualities. 
Reliable and economical, being in highly concentrated form, made from the best 
chemicals. 4-oz. sealed bottle, 40 cents; 8-oz. sealed bottle, 65 cents. 

Eureka Developer. In two solutions. Concentrated. Especially adapted to 
instantaneous work and Detective exposures. Price, two 8-oz. bottles, with 
directions for use, 75 cents. 

Hydroquinone Developer. The new developing medium. Simple and 
cleanly. 8-oz. bottle, with directions, 40 cents. 

“Ready Mixed” Toning Solution, concentrated, 4-oz. bottle, 50 cents; 
8-oz. bottle, 75 cents. 

Hypo., per lb. $0.07 

Acid, pyrogallic, per ..40 

„ citric, per oz.12 

„ ,, per lb. . 

,, sulphuric, per ..12 

,, „ per lb.50 

Alum, per lb.?.15 

Ammonia, liquid (concentrated), £ lb. bottles .25 

1 ” ” . 

Bromide ammonium, per ..lo 

Carbonate potash, per lb.40 

Chloride of gold, 15 grain bottle.60 

n n . ,, „ . 1.15 

Iodide potassium, per ..40 

Mercury, bichloride, per ..15 

















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Oxalate potash, per lb.$0.40 

Protosulphite of iron, per lb.08 

Soda, acetate, i lb.20 

» 1 lb.65 

„ bicarbonate, per lb.12 

,, carbonate, per lb.10 

,, sulphite (granular), per £ lb.30 

„ ,, (crystals), per £ lb. ..20 


Photographic Sundries. 


Glass Graduates. New model “ Acme ” graduate with flat base. JVo 
flange or stem to get broken. 4-oz., 35 cents; 8-oz., 50 cents; 16-oz., 
80 cents. 

Japanned. Pressed Rubber. Hard Rubber. 

Developing Trays, 


Porcelain Toning Trays, 


Cards for Mounting, 4x5.per dozen, $0.15, per hundred, 


4x5, each, 

$0.20 

$0.28 

$0.65 

5x7, „ 

.25 


.75 

5x8, „ 

.25 

.56 

1.05 

6£x8£, ,, 

.35 

.72 

1.15 

8 x 10, ,, 

.45 

1.08 

1.65 

10 x 12, „ 

.55 

1.56 

2.75 

11 x 14, „ 

.75 




5x7. 

5} )> 5x8. ,, ,, 

„ „ „ 5 x Sex. heavy,, „ 

?? n n 6 X 10. ,, ,, 

,. ,, ,, cabinet mounts ,, ,, 

» » »» » » giIt edge 

Gossamer Focusing Cloths. 

Excelsior Trimmer, the best made . 

CameTs-hair Brushes, l in. 

»». » in . 

Prepared Paste, per jar. 


5x7.$0.45 

5x8 (special).75 

7x9.66 

8x10 . 1.00 

10x12 . 1.66 

11x14 . 2.64 

.75 
1.30 
1.40 
1.80 
2.50 
1.00 
1.25 
.50 
.50 
.25 
.35 
.25 


. 20 , 

. 20 , 

.25, 

.35, 

.15, 

. 20 , 


























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PHOTOGRAPHIC SUNDRIES. 


Litmus Paper, per sheet. 

Ruby Fabric, per 4 yard. 

Scales for Measuring Grains 


Mitchell’s Anti-cockling Mounting Solution. Prints mounted with 
this solution will not bend, curl, or twist, and do not require burnishing. A 
perfect mounting paste. Price per bottle, 50 cents. 

Magnesium Flash Powder, for instantaneous exposures at night. The 
latest novelty. The camera is focused by lamp or gas light on the person or 
group to be taken, the slide of holder and lens cap removed and a match applied 
to the powder in a tin dish or shovel. A brilliant, intensely white light is emitted 
sufficiently long for a quick plate to retain the scene, and astonishingly good 
pictures may be obtained. Price per box, with full directions, 50 cents. 


Canvas Carrying-Cases 

WITH LEATHER STRAP AND HANDLE. 


For 4x5 plain cameras 


,,ox7 ,, ,, 

,,5x8,, ,, 

,, 8 x 10 ,, ,, 

For 4x5 Reversible 


99 

5 

X 

7 


99 

5 

X 

8 

ii 

99 

64 

X 

Si 


} 9 

8 

X 

10 

ii 

99 

11 

X 

14 

ii 


Back 

camera, 

ex. 

. quality 

ii 

99 

ii 


ii 

99 

ii 

99 

ii 

99 

ii 

99 

ii 

99 

ii 

99 

ii 

99 

ii 

99 


$1.35 
2.25 
2.25 
2.50 
2.25 
, 2.50 
, 2.50 
2.75 
. 3.25 
. 4.00 


Extra Parts. 

Owing to their multiplicity and variety we shall not attempt to list the separate 
parts of cameras and apparatus, but we will supply any of such that may be 
required unless impracticable at proportionate prices. It must always be clearly 
specified for exactly what style and size they are desired in ordering parts. 



















SHIPMENTS AND TERMS 



The somewhat delicate construction and finish of photographic 
apparatus requires that it should be packed with the utmost care to 
avoid danger of breakage in transportation. 

All of our goods are packed in the most skilful manner by experienced 
packers, the above being a good illustration of the appearance of one of 
our outfits ready for shipment; and out of many thousand cameras 
shipped to all parts of the world scarcely one has been received in bad 
order. 

Small packages not containing glass may be sent by mail at 1 cent per 
ounce postage, or registered mail, 10 cents additional. All other goods 
will be shipped by express, unless in large quantity, and by the most 
direct route. 

C. O. D. orders must always be accompanied by one third of the amount 
in advance. 

Always specify in orders for cameras the exact size and style desired, 
and in ordering holders and supplies state the name and size of camera 
with which they are to be used. 

When the post-office and express-office are at different places, both 
should be clearly stated in the order. 








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